It all matters. That someone turns out the lamp, picks up the windblown wrapper, says hello to the invalid, pays at the unattended lot, listens to the repeated tale, folds the abandoned laundry, plays the game fairly, tells the story honestly, acknowledges help, gives credit, says good night, resists temptation, wipes the counter, waits at the yellow, makes the bed, tips the maid, remembers the illness, congratulates the victor, accepts the consequences, takes a stand, steps up, offers a hand, goes first, goes last, chooses the small portion, teaches the child, tends to the dying, comforts the grieving, removes the splinter, wipes the tear, directs the lost, touches the lonely, is the whole thing. What is most beautiful is least acknowledged. What is worth dying for is barely noticed.

Laura McBride, We Are Called to Rise (via beeghosts)

Bookish This or That

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  1. hardback or paperback 
  2. Borrow or buy 
  3. fantasy or sci-fi 
  4. love-triangle or love at first sight 
  5. Wall shelves or bookcases 
  6. Bad plot with good characters or good plot with bad characters 
  7. Harry Potter or Percy Jackson 
  8. Booklr or Bookstagram 
  9. Contemporaries or Fantasy 
  10. English books or books in your native language 
  11. Buy in a bookshop or buy online 
  12. amazon or book depository 
  13. buy because of the cover or because of the description 
  14. Alphabetical shelves or colour coordinated 
  15. different sized books or matching sizes 
  16. wait to marathon a series or read as they’re released 
  17. movie or tv adaptations 
  18. zombies or vampires 
  19. Reading indoors or outdoors 
  20. coffee or tea 
  21. bookmarks or random objects to mark your page 
  22. dog-earing or bookmarks 
  23. Be your favourite character or be their best friend 
  24. physical or e-book 
  25. Read in bed or on a chair 
  26. audiobook or ebook 
  27. series or stand-alones 
  28. Reading in the winter or reading in the summer 

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